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As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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